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...room, regularly $200 a night, now runs about $181. In Italy the dollar buys a hefty 2,038 lira, up 9.2% over last year. Buon giorno, Florence! Even getting across the pond is a bit cheaper. Summer airfares to Europe are down 5% from '99, according to the American Express International Airfare Index...
...straight face. Both the Federal Court and a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit appeals court have determined that it was reasonable for the INS to interpret applicable immigration statutes to preclude hearing the asylum application filed for six-year-old Elian by his great-uncle, against the express wishes of his father, and the smart money is against that decision being reversed by either a full panel of the 11th Circuit or by the high court. But while Elian's troubled sojourn in the U.S. grinds through its seventh month, Castro is making the most of the delay...
...American Express informs merchants it will no longer allow the card to be used in transactions on porn sites...
...Department will make a case that the card companies are in fact one monopolistic presence; according to the suit, Visa and MasterCard crush competition by blacklisting banks who offer cards from other networks. That means any bank brave (or foolish) enough to send customers cards emblazoned with an American Express or Discover logo may find itself effectively frozen out of industry decision-making operations...
...just banks that are kept under the companies' collective thumb. Most American consumers are familiar with the tag line for Visa's advertising campaign touting the company's omnipresence: After describing some tantalizing vacation spot, hotel or safari, the voiceover intones, "And they don't take American Express." The merchants in question, according to MasterCard and Visa detractors, don't take American Express (or anyone else's card) because they're under considerable pressure not to. In a class action lawsuit distinct from the DOJ case, 4 million retailers have joined in a suit against the companies, charging undue market...